How to say “reform” in Chinese
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“Reform” in Chinese is 改革, gǎi gé: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
改革 is read gǎi gé: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A drawing of a stretched animal hide — tanned leather. 改革 — reform.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “改革”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 改革. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 改革开放以后，中国经济发展得很快。gǎigékāifàngyǐhòu,ZhōngguójīngjìfāzhǎndehěnkuàiAfter reform and opening-up, China's economy developed very fast.
- 学校正在进行教学改革xuéxiàozhèngzàijìnxíngjiàoxuégǎigéThe school is carrying out a teaching reform.
- 改革开放推动了经济的发展gǎigékāifàngtuīdònglejīngjìdefāzhǎnReform and opening-up drove economic development.
More words from the lesson “Reform and development”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “reform” in Chinese?
“Reform” in Chinese is 改革, pinyin gǎigé.
What does 改革 mean?
改革 (gǎigé) means “reform”.
How do you write 改革?
改革 is 2 characters: 改 (gǎi) — correct, change; 革 (gé) — leather; change. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 改革?
改革 is read gǎigé. Tones: gǎi — third tone, gé — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“reform” in the lesson “Reform and development”
This word is from the topic “Economy” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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